US Plant Patent PP16124

HW616

‘HW616’ Pear

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 15, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 3, 2022. This patent earned 530 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16124, the photograph of HW616 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16124, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP16124
Filed: July 3, 2002
Granted: November 22, 2005
Expires: December 15, 2023
Assignee: CA MINISTER AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Inventor: HUNTER DAVID MICHAEL; KAPPEL FRANK; QUAMME HARVEY ALLEN; BONN WILLIAM GORDON

Abstract

‘HW616’ is an early season high quality pear primarily for the fresh market that has an attractive golden yellow fruit with no blush, smooth skin, very good balance between sweetness and acidity, that is exceptionally juicy and has excellent resistance to natural fire blight.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of pear tree substantially as shown and described herein.

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